October 25, 2005
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Topic: tear
I just finished writing an amaizng post…and it all vanished. In an instant. I don’t have the time to re-write it, as it was largely about the topic of time management,
and i have little time to waste. I want to quickly hit on the highlights though:
1) I began writing about the need to set long-term goals. After setting a long-term goals at 6mo. goals, we must then use our 24hr. days efficiently in order to add up to our 6mo. goals. For me, some of those goals include increased fitness, reading more books, keeping up w/ the daily events of the world, spending more time w/ friends and family, securing future plans, and all of this while maintaing a sense of calm. On an Outward Bound course, I learned quickly the importance of managing time in order to get to a site and set-up camp in the daylight. Now…I need to manage my time so I can read all the news, have time in the morning for breakfast, to work-out, to have some social time w/ friends and family in the evening, and time to unwind alone before falling asleep. Lots to do.
2) I then got onto the topic of Wikipedia…the online encyclopedia where there is 0 barrier to entry. Anyone can share and edit the content. Thomas Friedman writes about its founder Jimmy Wales:
“He said he has one simple goal: to give every single person free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”
Beautiful!!!
In the morning, I read in the NYT about bankruptcy law, briefly talk about the relationships between banks, credit cards, products, and people w/ my dad, then can use wikipedia to read more about it, and learn about the banking system, the federal reserve and its history, the Great Depression, films relating to the Great Depression, Tim Robbins and his left-leaning political films like Bob Roberts, and then go on to rent it immediately through Netflix. So many things…tying together
(sheepshank…used for tying to ropes together)
4) Outsourcing my social life:
In the spirit of building community, and in the spirit of embracing a flattened world where simple tasks can be outsourced to others to maximize efficiency, I would like to outsource a piece of my social life. If anyone has any ideas for activities, gatherings, speakers, cultural events, in the NYC, Brooklyn, Queens area, for this weekend, any coming weekend, or any weeknight, please let me know. In return for your service, I will continue to provide this service to you free of charge, and will also make attempts to leave comments on your site as well.
I’ve decided that this digital age does not have to leave us feeling nostalgic for a simpler time. Nor do we need to cry that it’s dumbing us down and isolating us from real people and real communication. What we make of this digital age is up to us. In this spirit, I hope to make this digital community, the nostalgic quaint community we all long for.
Comments (3)
I just got your comment on my marathon race report post. 18/55 is a marathon training plan out of Pfitz’s book Advanced Marathoning. 18 weeks long with a peak of 55 miles a week. I followed it pretty closely for most of the summer, then Katrina hit and it was catch as catch can, what with just starting work at the Red Cross. And yes, I usually run alone. I was a mentor with Team in Training this summer, but even then most of the socializing was afterwards. Running is stress relief for me more than social time. I’d rather run at my own pace and be alone with my thoughts.
There are tons of 1/2 marathons around. I’d search on http://www.marathonguide.com for a 1/2 that’s associated with a marathon, and http://www.active.com and http://www.runnersworld.com are also good search engines. Strangely enough, my first 1/2 was the Manhattan 1/2 back in 2002. Steamy hot, but I’d other than that I’d recommend it. As far as training for a 1/2, it can be as much or as little as you want to be, generally much less of a time commitment than training for a marathon. I like to run 5 days a week, though you could get by on 3 or 4 if you did some cross training on your off days. Make sure you get in a long run and something up-tempo like speedwork or a tempo run every week, and fill in the cracks with crosstraining or easy runs. I’d recommend getting up to 13 or 14 miles with your long run. That helps race day go a lot more smoothly. Running at least 25 miles a week or the equivalent in crosstraining for a couple of months before the race would also be a very good idea. Don’t get yourself injured overdoing it, but also don’t try and get by on the bare minimum or you’ll pay for it on race day.
I’m going to try and post more regularly, so feel free to pick my brain if you have any more questions on training.
~Bethany
I went skydiving for my 19th birthday and I fell in love. Ive always wanted to Bungee jump but Im from Oklahoma and theres no really good places to go…
Thanks for stopping by! I didn’t do the MS bike tour. I cancelled it because I had a really bad cold for two weeks. There will be another time.
It is very nice of you taking time to answer my questions.
I have been to only one Ethiopian restaurant. Not a big fan of its food, especially the sour bread
This should be a good one: Meskerem, West 3rd & Macdougal. I may be able to provide some info on indian food though. I have been to three. The last one has people playing traditional indian music while sitting on the pillows. Isn’t that fun?
I like the outsourcing idea. I have one idea for next weekend, the New York marathon next Sunday. Is it enough for a change of concerts’ info?